Happy Tuesday! Whether you’re in town or catching up with us from your vacation retreat, we thank you so much for reading! Will you take a moment to share today’s post with a friend? Thank you in advance! A baby girl was born at the Barracks Row fire station yesterday. Congratulations and Bravo Zulu, everyone! […]
Gordon Chaffinis a freelance journalist who focuses on infrastructure and traffic news and insights for Street Justice. You can support independent journalism by subscribing to Gordon’s Street Justice newsletter: He’s offering a 20% discount to THIH readers. See more information below. –Maria Helena Carey National Park Service Improving Fletcher’s Boathouse Monday afternoon, the U.S. Advisory Council for Historic Preservation hosted National Park Service officials to discuss the latter agency’s upgrades to transportation at Fletcher’s Cove. The Fletcher’s […]
When we last looked at Samuel Morse and his telegraph, he had failed to procure support from Congress and had decamped to Europe to sell his invention there. This failed, as well, and so he returned to the US. In the middle of 1842, the newspapers reported that he was back to demonstrating his invention, […]
It appears that the 7-Eleven that used to operate at the southeast corner of 8th Street and Maryland Avenue NE is no more. According to a PoPVille reader, the oft rat-infested and kind of always understocked 7-Eleven closed down for good on Sunday, July 21. There is no other explanation on the front door other […]